On March 22, 2024, terrorists stormed the Crocus City shopping and entertainment complex in Krasnogorsk near Moscow. There, in the Crocus City Hall concert hall, the group Picnic was supposed to perform that evening. The terrorists shot spectators and Crocus employees, then set fire to the concert hall. As a result they died. In terms of casualties, this is the largest terrorist attack in Russia’s modern history after Beslan, where 333 people were killed during a school takeover 22 years ago. Besides the four Crocus attackers, 15 of their alleged accomplices were in the dock. The prosecution requested that all of them be sentenced to approximately life imprisonment. Before the ruling, Meduza studied how the trial played out. It would have been a high-profile trial, but it was closed to the public, so little is known about it.
The trial in the Crocus terrorist attack case began on August 4, 2025. The trial is being conducted by three judges from the Military Court of the Second Western District. At the first meetings held in Moscow. came More than 100 journalists. But prosecutors almost immediately he asked The trial was closed to the public, noting that “demonstrative terrorist attacks” were being prepared against its participants. The defendants’ accomplices allegedly planned to commit these crimes.
They number 19 defendants. Among them are four alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack: Dallirjon Mirzoev, Sidkarami Rashabalizoda, Shamsuddin Faridouni, and Mohammadsubir Faizov. They all come from Tajikistan. At the time of the terrorist attack in Crocus, the eldest (Mirzoev) was 32 years old, and the youngest (Fayezov) was 19 years old. All of them received no more than secondary education and went to work in Russia. Mirzoev He drove Taxi, Fayzov worked in a barber shop in the Ivanovo region, and Fredoni worked in a factory in Podolsk. Rashabalizoda was listed as unemployed in Podolsk at the time of the terrorist attack. All but Faizov have had trouble with the law: Mirzoev and Rashabalizoda had immigration violations, and Faridoni served time in Tajikistan for harassment.
The remaining 15 defendants are accused consequence Introduce them as partners. Two – Khosin Medov and Gabriel Aushev from Ingushetia – allegedly converted the weapons into military weapons, which were then used in the attack on Crocus. Five – Shakhromjon Jadoev, Zabydullo Ismoilov, Hussein Khamidov, brothers Omidjon and Mustakim Sulayev – delivered weapons and ammunition to the alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack. Four – Yakubjony Davlatkhun Yusufzoda, Nzremad Lovoloi, Jomakhon Korbunov, and Muhammed Zwir Charybzoda – transferred money to prepare for the terrorist attack. Alisher Kasimov rented a residence to the main accused, and the Islamov family (Dilovar, his brother Aminchon, and father Isruel) sold them a Renault car with which they tried to escape.
Chamseddine Faraidouni has been named as the main perpetrator of the terrorist attack. He allegedly joined ISIS, trained in Turkey and was supposed to go to Afghanistan, but “due to the closure of the mountain pass in the winter, he was offered to show what he is capable of by being sent to prepare for the Saffron.” He said TASS source. by Versions After the accusations, it was Faraidouni who bought the car, received the weapon, and conducted reconnaissance at the site of the future attack. As he claimed mixed Drugs for three other perpetrators of the terrorist attack. This information certain At least one of them is Dallirjon Mirzoev.
All perpetrators of the terrorist attack Recognized Guilt – completely or . Other defendants in the case he asked about leniency, claiming that they were not aware of the impending attack. Thus, according to them, those accused of transferring money to carry out a terrorist attack wordsThey were confident that they were helping the children and women of Palestine (one of them, Gabriel Aushev, Try Suicide in pre-trial detention centre. Alisher Kasimov insisted on this I just passed by Your apartment in the Moscow region through Avito. Diluvar Islamov – that he simply sold his Renault and came to the police himself when the news said it was a terrorist car.
At the same time, the prosecution insisted that all accomplices were in one way or another aware of the terrorists’ plans. And testimony against Kasimov and Islamov in court give Secret witness.
Victims’ lawyer Lyudmila Ayvar in a conversation with Kommersant: Comment He asks the defendants for mercy: “I understand that the defense is doing its job, but their words and the statements of the defendants seem somewhat sarcastic and are a kind of mockery of the dead. It is unpleasant to see 19 mature men recognized as capable, who understand everything, but they belittle their role in every way and try to appear naive.”
It was immediately clear that the prosecution would seek life imprisonment for the alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack. The conspiracy lies in the timing of the alleged accomplices, books “Kommersant”. In mid-February, prosecutors requested life imprisonment for 15 out of 19 defendants. The exceptions were Kasimov (22 years and 10 months in prison) and Islamov (19 years and 11 months each). In addition to a long prison term for Kasimov He wants They take away the apartment he rented to the terrorists and also deprive him and the Islamov family of Russian citizenship.
In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office requires this Defendants Pay fines from 500 thousand to 2.7 million rubles. In addition, civil lawsuits have been filed by victims. by Data Kommersant, victims of the terrorist attack and their families are demanding compensation in the amount of 150 to 200 million rubles. However, the chances of obtaining this money from the accused are slim. “Terrorists have no money, and their ‘employers’ do not compensate victims for damages. Therefore, the sanctions will most likely remain on paper.” to talk Izvestia lawyer Irina Fast.
Maybe the victims understand this too. they student Seized the property of the owners of Crocus, businessmen Agalarov, citing the fact that almost half of the victims of the terrorist attack He died Not from gunfire, but from a fire in the concert hall, where some emergency exits were blocked. However, in meeting this requirement It was rejected.
Victims too student Tighten the penalties for the four perpetrators of the attack so that they will not be eligible for parole after 25 years. They also called for Kasimov and the Islamov family not to be deprived of Russian citizenship in order to eliminate the possibility of them being transferred to serve their sentences in their native Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (and perhaps to relax the regime there).
Perhaps the central issue in the whole operation remained the “Ukrainian trace” of the terrorist attack in Crocus, which the Russian authorities insisted on. Despite the fact that the Khorasan Province group, ISIS’s wing in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, Vladimir Putin and senior security officials from his entourage insisted that the Islamists acted at Kiev’s instigation and in the interests of Kiev.
Although Kiev itself categorically denied its involvement in the terrorist attack, this version also passed into the official investigative materials – but not immediately, but only a year after the terrorist attack. male “BBC Russian Service”. openly to her certain Only the testimony of the alleged terrorists themselves, who were beaten after their arrest.
Yes, Sidkarm Rajabalizoda malethat they had a curator on a telegram under the alias Sevolo, who allegedly convinced them to carry out an attack “for the benefit of Muslims”, but in the end admitted that the mastermind of the attack was the Ukrainian “state structure”. He ordered the terrorists to flee to Ukraine, where they would receive a reward of one million rubles. This is allegedly the reason for their arrest in the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine and Belarus.
If we collect the statements of the investigation committee, they are copied It seems So: The terrorist attack in Saffron was organized by Ukrainian special services to destabilize the situation in Russia. “Six Central Asians” were directly involved in its organization (including the recruitment of performers). Some of them used pseudonyms. Now they are abroad, where exactly is unknown.
Sevolo’s name was rarely mentioned in news coming from the court. TASS books Only that this is one of the secretaries of the foreign terrorist attack who has not been found. Thus, neither from the statements of the Investigative Committee, nor from the information available from the court, it is clear who Sefulu is, where he is and whether he exists at all. It is also unclear how he or the other curators mentioned in the investigation are connected to Ukraine.